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Page 228
... rain on the just and the unjust . " 4 So in the first platform of the divine nature itself , the heathen religion speaks thus , " Optimus Maximus , " but the 1 Xenoph . Sympos . 8 Gen. iii . 5 . 2 Isaiah , xiv . 14 . 4 St. Matt . v . 44 ...
... rain on the just and the unjust . " 4 So in the first platform of the divine nature itself , the heathen religion speaks thus , " Optimus Maximus , " but the 1 Xenoph . Sympos . 8 Gen. iii . 5 . 2 Isaiah , xiv . 14 . 4 St. Matt . v . 44 ...
Page 258
... rain , which causes famine.1 Explanation . This proverb was anciently figured and represented under the fable of the full and hungry horseleech ; for the oppression of a poor and hungry man is far more severe than that of a rich and ...
... rain , which causes famine.1 Explanation . This proverb was anciently figured and represented under the fable of the full and hungry horseleech ; for the oppression of a poor and hungry man is far more severe than that of a rich and ...
Page 347
... rain upon the just and the unjust . " To which words this applause may well be applied , " that they do not sound human ; " 4 since it is a voice beyond the light of nature . Again , we see the heathen poets , especially when they ...
... rain upon the just and the unjust . " To which words this applause may well be applied , " that they do not sound human ; " 4 since it is a voice beyond the light of nature . Again , we see the heathen poets , especially when they ...
Page 386
... rain and showers . For as they perform a dance , it would be pleasant to know the order of it . 19. Is there any rule or any observation which can The Successions be at all relied on for the succession of the winds with one another ? Is ...
... rain and showers . For as they perform a dance , it would be pleasant to know the order of it . 19. Is there any rule or any observation which can The Successions be at all relied on for the succession of the winds with one another ? Is ...
Page 387
... rain ; for the common and familiar idea is that rain calms the winds , and winds keep off and disperse the rain . 21. Is the same succession of the winds repeated after a certain period of years ? if so , what is that period ? From the ...
... rain ; for the common and familiar idea is that rain calms the winds , and winds keep off and disperse the rain . 21. Is the same succession of the winds repeated after a certain period of years ? if so , what is that period ? From the ...
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